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Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt

April 25, 2017 By Lorena Grater

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I struggle to eat enough fruit! This Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt makes it easy peasy to dump 2 servings of fruit in one go. I know it's better to spread the fruits throughout the day. But for me it's either this or nothing.

I struggle to eat enough fruit! This Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt makes it easy peasy to dump 2 servings of fruit in one go.

Strawberry smoothie without yogurt

I love vegetables to death! All of them. They all taste like glory to me. Fruits taste great once I have them in my mouth but for some reason, I hardly ever crave them. Am I the only one?

I had to come up with a way of consuming more fruit and this smoothie made it really easy for me. I’m more of a protein-rich green smoothie type o’ gal.

Just strawberries, which are low in sugar and high in vitamin C would have been great but it made the smoothie super sour.

How to make a Strawberry Smoothie Sweet

Adding sweeteners to a fruit smoothie isn’t the smartest idea. It’s already high in fruit sugar. The best way is to choose 1-2 high fructose fruits and use those as a sweetener. I chose a banana and it worked wonderfully. Since I froze it and added a ton of strawberries it didn’t taste all banana-y. It tasted mostly like sweet strawberries. Awesome!

Glass of strawberry banana smoothie without yogurt filled to the rim, topped with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries.

How to make a Strawberry Smoothie without ice

Adding ice to your smoothie is great for consistency BUT once it melts it waters down the smoothie and makes it tasteless. Freezing one or all your fruits is much smarter. You get the smoothie-like consistency without losing taste.

How to make a Strawberry Smoothie without yogurt

Most smoothies use either yogurt or juice and ice as a base to make it creamy. You don’t have to choose one or the other though. Juice spikes up the fruit sugar content unnecessarily so always try and stay away from smoothies based on juice.

Yogurt is a great source of protein if you don’t have any dairy tolerance issues. If you do, however, you don’t have to go for the juice option. There is other ways. You can use coconut milk for example to obtain that “creamy” texture and flavor. I use light coconut milk for my smoothies so they don’t sit in my stomach too heavy.

Top view of strawberry banana smoothie without yogurt, topped with raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries.

How to make a Strawberry Smoothie without milk

If you don’t like the creamy taste of smoothies and rather the freshness of them. You can simply replace “milk” (whatever kind that might be) by water. You can replace not only milk but also yogurt with simply water if you don’t fancy “creamy” in your smoothie.

Are Strawberry Banana Smoothies healthy?

Many will argue that fruit-only smoothies are not the healthiest. Here is the thing. Adding vegetables to your smoothies is super smart and healthy. Keeping the sugar content down is smart and healthy….IF you don’t already eat a ton of vegetables.

I eat vegetables like a machine. Fruits, not so much. I struggle to eat enough fruit. It basically the only food group I struggle with. Vegetables no problem. Protein no problem. Carbs no problem. Fruit….argh, I have to eat more than an apple slice a day??

This Strawberry Smoothie without yogurt and without milk sweetened with only banana has gotten me to get in so much more fruit in a day and I serve a tiny glass of it to my kids as dessert and they LOVE it. So I guess it depends on how you look at it.

If your diet is low on vegetables and high on sugar (be it natural or not), no, a Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt will probably not be the healthiest for you. If you drink it in order to get in your daily fruits and or a replacement for dessert, YES, it couldn’t be any healthier ;)

Close up of glass of strawberry smoothie to show texture of topping fruits, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.

How else to reach your daily fruit goal

For me, the trick is to make the fruit very presentable. The prettier the presentation, the more I eat/drink. This Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt worked for me because I “beautified” it with frozen berries on top. I look at it with hearts in my eyes and then dump it. I guess that’s called auto-brain-washing, haha.

Another way that works great for me is a pretty fruit platter. I’ve got tons of tips on how to arrange a beautiful fruit platter.

Strawberry smoothie without yogurt

Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 smoothie
I struggle to eat enough fruit! This Strawberry Smoothie Without Yogurt makes it easy peasy to dump 2 servings of fruit in one go.
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Ingredients

  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 1 cup hulled strawberries
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • assorted frozen berries for decoration
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Instructions

  • If you don't have frozen bananas yet, PEEL THEM, and then freeze them for at least 4 hours. I wrap them in parchment paper to avoid from sticking to anything or each other.
  • Wash and hull strawberries, add hulled strawberries, bananas and coconut milk to blender and blend until smooth.
  • Add frozen berries on top to "beautify" :)

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 605kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 63mg | Potassium: 697mg | Fiber: 19g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Vitamin C: 183.2mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 7.4mg
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine American, International
Keyword strawberry smoothie without yogurt
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Comments

  1. Flora says

    August 6, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    Why so the bananas have to be frozen.? New at trying smoothies, may have to ask a lot of questions.🤷‍♀️😀

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      August 11, 2021 at 5:17 am

      You need frozen ingredients so you reach the smoothie-like consistency. If you add unfrozen it’ll be more like a juice.

      Reply
  2. lee hebenstreit says

    August 7, 2020 at 12:47 am

    I would like to make a plain old fruit smoothie with frozen strawberries and apples and 2 percent milk. Any suggestions? Do I need to add any sweetner. I don’t want to use Anything else.

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      August 7, 2020 at 10:38 am

      I don’t think you need any sweetener for that. The banana and apple are sweet enough I find :)

      Reply
  3. Michael says

    July 22, 2020 at 3:55 pm

    was this comment for the first comment or the second

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      July 27, 2020 at 9:46 am

      I’m sorry I don’t understand what you mean.

      Reply
  4. Karen says

    September 21, 2019 at 10:32 am

    Not really a strawberry smoothie at a, is it? Would it have killed you to title this strawberry bannana? I don’t understand what would be so hard about that. Decent recipe regardless but that’s not exactly saying much because it’s a smoothie.

    Reply
    • Vero says

      May 21, 2020 at 12:32 pm

      Stop being such a karen, literally don’t need to comment if you don’t like it. Go to the next.

      Reply
      • Abi says

        March 17, 2021 at 1:11 pm

        Hahahahaha this is the best!!!!!!

        Reply
    • Jennifer Silbaugh says

      July 20, 2020 at 8:35 am

      That was pretty rude!!!

      Thank you, just what my daughter and I were looking for! Out of yogurt 😡

      Reply
  5. Portia says

    June 27, 2019 at 6:57 am

    I need to lose weight . . ive never been face with this promblelm i got hurt on a shrimp boat it changed my life forever. I can’t work anymore. My injury was life changing for me. Then my son died and I got in deep depression and gained all this weight. Will the smoothie get me on the right trsck. Thanks Portia

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      June 28, 2019 at 10:27 am

      Portia, I’m so sorry for your loss. I highly recommend getting psychological help as your problem seems to be more mental health related than anything else. Once you feel better you’ll automatically take better choices for your nutrition. All my recipes will be good for you, you first have to heal your heart though so you can listen to your body when deciding what and how much to eat.

      Reply
  6. Sandra says

    January 28, 2019 at 8:11 am

    How does a smoothie have 36 grams of fat??

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      January 28, 2019 at 4:56 pm

      I used full-fat canned coconut milk. To reduce the fat content use either lite canned or the ones you find in cartons that are super low fat :)

      Reply
    • Portia says

      June 27, 2019 at 6:43 am

      Can you use 2% milk? Thanks portia

      Reply
      • Lorena says

        June 28, 2019 at 10:27 am

        yes!

        Reply
  7. Katherine says

    August 26, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    Can you add ice instead of freezing the bananas? From a mom ;)

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      August 26, 2018 at 8:33 pm

      Lol, I’ve never tried Katherine. I tend to have frozen bananas in the freezer all the time because as soon as they have one brown spot kids refuse to eat them anymore so up they go peeled into a silicone freezer bag and freezer. It’s definitely worth a try though. I would probably try reduce the milk proportion and replace half by ice cubes. You’d need a powerful blender though to make it work.

      Reply
      • emily says

        April 1, 2019 at 2:35 pm

        can i use frozen fruit instead of frozen bannas

        Reply
        • Lorena says

          April 1, 2019 at 3:46 pm

          You can but the smoothie will be less creamy and sweet.

          Reply
          • Michelle says

            March 20, 2020 at 7:13 pm

            You can, but it will be insanely thick and not sweet at all! Add about 1/4-1/2cup sugar and another cup or 2 of milk and you are good!!!

  8. Brittany says

    December 9, 2017 at 8:03 pm

    4 stars
    I’m lookjng to make a frozen strawberry banana smoothie with out coconut milk or yogurt…..possible? Can’t I just substitute the coconut milk with regular vitamin d milk? Right now I’m blending a hand full of small frozen strawberries n half handful of slived frozen bananas and then pouring in small amounts of vitamin d milk so it will blend….. hoping this turns out…. any suggestions?

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      December 9, 2017 at 11:36 pm

      Hi Brittany, yes, totally, you can use any milk you like. It’ll work with any. Use your favorite or whatever you have on hand :)

      Reply
  9. Kristen P says

    May 28, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    To get it…more filling have you ever added oatmeal or flatseed? I keep hearing those are good to add.

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      May 29, 2017 at 11:02 am

      Hi Kristen, yes I’ve tried both but I’m not in love with the texture. I love oats and I love flaxseed but rather have those as oatmeal or granola instead of in my smoothie. You can definitely add it. You might love it :)

      Reply
  10. Joni Newberg says

    May 28, 2017 at 12:54 am

    I peel and slice bananas and place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet and freeze. Once frozen, they are put in a Zip Lock bag. My Ninja likes the small pieces better than whole bananas.

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      May 28, 2017 at 6:21 pm

      That’s a great idea! I will have to try :)

      Reply
  11. Alia @ Everyday Easy Eats says

    April 29, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    Gorgeous photos! The smoothie looks super yummy! :)

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      April 29, 2017 at 11:59 pm

      Thank you so much Alia! :)

      Reply

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